Patents Issued in June 9, 2020
  • Patent number: 10674829
    Abstract: A tray table assembly adapted to move to and from a stowed position in a stowage module positioned to one side of a passenger seat. The assembly includes an arcuate rail movably mounted in the stowage module, a tray table mounted on the rail for arcuate movement along the rail between the stowed position and the deployed position relative to the rail, and also mounted on the rail for fore and aft translating movement in the deployed position. The tray table rides on an arcuate rail that permits both deployment and fore and aft movement of the tray table, and automatically centers the tray table during movement toward the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Nicholas Pozzi, Darryl D. Daniel, Mark W. Foohey, Samuel C. Scudder, John C. Horton, IV
  • Patent number: 10674830
    Abstract: A seat cushion includes a support member. A cover encloses the support member. A self-regulating heating device extends between the support member and an upper portion of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: TRAMEC TERMICO TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael M. Cubon, Gilbert C. Hooper, III
  • Patent number: 10674831
    Abstract: A mattress set lifting apparatus and method(s) of use thereof is described. Embodiments of the mattress set lifting apparatus include pneumatic cylinders coupled to a box spring of a mattress set. The pneumatic cylinders can be adapted to elevate a mattress set allowing a user to more easily change their sheets. After the sheets have been changed, the user can lower the mattress set back down for regular use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Richard P. Braden
  • Patent number: 10674832
    Abstract: An air bed system including a plurality of peripheral devices and a pump unit configured to adjust a firmness of an air mattress, the pump unit including a pump. The system further includes a controller configured to execute instructions that cause the pump unit to wirelessly pair with at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The pump unit is configured to receive at least one control signal addressed to the at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices, and transmit the at least one control signal to the addressed device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Sleep Number Corporation
    Inventors: Aran Patrick Brosnan, Yi-ching Chen, John McGuire
  • Patent number: 10674833
    Abstract: An adjustable highchair. The adjustable highchair includes attachments for seating multiple children simultaneously for convenience when seating multiple children for feeding or other activities. An interchangeable chair assembly is attachable to a height adjustable stem. Each chair assembly includes one or more seats that support a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Devon Fredankey, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10674834
    Abstract: A play yard assembly with positioning and securing features for lift off devices is provided. A top rail of a main frame of the play yard assembly has a coupling portion with a crushed cross section where a first engaging piece with alignment feature is provided thereto. The lift off device has a second engaging piece utilized for aligning with the first engaging piece, so at to install the lift off device at the designated location along the top rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Daniel A. Sack, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 10674835
    Abstract: The present playyard includes an endless frame, an endless sidewall within the frame, and a floor within the sidewall. The sidewall and floor form the shape of a receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom defined by the floor. Each of the frame, sidewall and floor takes the shape of a hexagon. The frame is a scissoring frame. The frame includes upper and lower junctions. The upper junction engages the sidewall. A strap engages the lower junction to a periphery of the floor, an inner portion of the floor, and the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Brian M. McMahon, Caleb Summers
  • Patent number: 10674836
    Abstract: The infant crib with safety measures integrated therein is an item of furniture adapted for use with a child. The infant crib with safety measures integrated therein comprises a crib, an end cabinet, and an entertainment center. The infant crib with safety measures integrated therein is designed to sit directly on a supporting surface such that the severity and risk of a fall are reduced. The interior surfaces of the pen of the crib are lined with a silicone gel padding that reduces the probability of an impact injuries. The silicone gel padding further reduces injury risk by discouraging chewing along the edges of the infant crib with safety measures integrated therein. The end cabinet provides storage space for used near the infant crib with safety measures integrated therein. The entertainment center is a collection of stimuli that aid in a child's development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Alexis Woodard
  • Patent number: 10674837
    Abstract: A bed rail having a guard frame that prevents a child from rolling off a bed and a pair of legs that extend between the mattress and box spring. The guard frame swings between up and down positions and is pivotally connected to the legs via a first junction. A second junction locks the guard frame to the legs. The second junction includes a rotatable seat that engages a pin extending from the guard frame. The bed rail further includes a strap that engages a proximal end of a leg, a distal end of the leg, and an anchor, which engages the side of the bed opposite of the bed rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, Porter R. Million
  • Patent number: 10674838
    Abstract: A refrigerated merchandiser including a case defining a product display area configured to support product, a refrigeration circuit in which a refrigerant circulates, and a dilution device coupled to the refrigeration circuit. The dilution device includes a valve assembly and a container supporting a pressurized fluid. The valve assembly is in fluid communication with the refrigeration circuit and is selectively variable to an open state to fluidly couple the container to the refrigeration circuit such that the fluid is discharged into the refrigeration circuit in response to a condition of the refrigeration circuit reaching or exceeding a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Chiao M. Lee, Doron Shapiro, Sean Hanlon
  • Patent number: 10674839
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display unit that is rugged, re-usable, and configured for quick (and tool-free) assembly. The display unit includes a foldable frame with a scannable display code. The foldable frame is also configured to support at least one shelf, and the at least one shelf has one or more item codes that are distinct and separate from the scannable display code. Each of the item codes respectively identifies one or more products to be placed on the shelf. In some embodiments, the foldable frame of the display unit is pre-adhered (e.g., a first side panel and a second side panel are adhered along respective vertical fold lines to a back panel) and desired shelf heights for the display unit are pre-configured before shipment of the display unit to a merchant. In this way, the display unit can be quickly constructed by the merchant with the desired shelf heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: INNERWORKINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jodi Volz, Aaron Rieke
  • Patent number: 10674840
    Abstract: A display for products, or a mount, or a holder for products, more particularly, but not exclusively, electronic devices, for presentation of electronic products for display or sale and, to a modular system intended to cater for electronic products that may require different power, voltage, and current requirements in order to stay powered while on display in a retail setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Ariel Haroush
  • Patent number: 10674841
    Abstract: A merchandiser for storing a product for purchase by a customer is disclosed. The merchandiser includes a housing defining a cavity; a door coupled to the housing; a platform located in the cavity for holding the product; a load cell structured to measure a mass of the product; and a controller communicably coupled to the load cell. The controller is structured to unlock the door based on a validation of payment information of the customer, determine a weight of product removed during a transaction for the product, determine a type of the product removed from the ice merchandiser based on the determined weight, and determine an amount of currency required for the transaction for the product based on the determined type of product removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Leer, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Huffar, Stephen J. Dieter, Terry D. Matt, John A. Miller, Nicholas A. Truesdale
  • Patent number: 10674842
    Abstract: A mirror bracket is provided for supporting a mirror in deployed and stowed positions. The mirror bracket includes: a base; a mirror arm pivotally mounted on the base and movable between a deployed position and a stowed position; a first sloped surface of the mirror arm corresponding to the deployed position; a second sloped surface of the mirror arm corresponding to the stowed position; a pin movably mounted on the base and having a tapered end formed thereon, the pin located proximate to the mirror arm such that the pin contacts the first sloped surface when the mirror arm is in the deployed position and such that the pin contacts the second sloped surface when the mirror arm is in the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventors: Logan Atkins, Mark Idles, William Matthew Reid, Jeff Bohanan
  • Patent number: 10674843
    Abstract: A wall hanger for hanging an object on a wall via a wire includes a wall mounting member having a planar rear portion for mounting to the wall, a front portion spaced apart from the rear and bottom portions. The rear, bottom and front portions define a horizontal ledge with a first keying arrangement that is accessible from above the wall mounting member. A wire retention member has lower and upper shells connected by a hinge to open and close the lower and upper shells, and receive the wire. The lower and upper shells have peripheral edges with a second keying arrangement corresponding with the first keying arrangement. The first and second keying arrangements are configured to engage with each other when the wire retention member is in its closed position. A plurality of locking members engages and locks the wire retention member in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Brian Kaffee
  • Patent number: 10674844
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein generally relate to a system and method for joining a detachable fabric sheet to a cover through the use of one or more corresponding fastening or temporary joining mechanisms located on the cover and fabric sheet. In an embodiment, the cover includes one or more mechanisms to align and/or secure a filling material to the cover, as well as one or more fastening or temporary joining mechanisms for attaching the detachable fabric sheet to the cover. Methods and systems are provided for detachably joining the fabric sheet to the cover, for creating a multi-layer unit of a cover and detachable sheets, as well as for aligning and securing the filler to the cover. A method is also provided for manufacturing the integrated bedding cover system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: PeeKoo Bedding Concepts, LLC
    Inventor: Emily Stinchcomb
  • Patent number: 10674845
    Abstract: The cervical spine assistive device is a supporting pad providing relaxation and rehabilitation to cervical spine. The cervical spine assistive device includes a semi-cylindrical base member having a saddle-shaped middle section conforming to the curvature of the cervical spine. A number of semi-spherical bulges are arranged on the middle section. The heights of the bulges gradually decrease from around the user's shoulder to the user's head so as to ensure contact and support from the neck to the head, achieving enhanced relaxation and rehabilitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Kun-Yen Chung
  • Patent number: 10674846
    Abstract: A non-skid container having a base portion including a flat portion and a plurality of studs, an outer bowl including a sidewall, a plurality of posts, a top opening, a bottom opening and a recess, wherein the posts are configured to be coupled to the studs, thereby coupling the outer bowl to the base portion and an inner bowl configured to be coupled to the outer bowl by inserting the inner bowl into the recess of the outer bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AFJ Industries, LLC
    Inventors: James Smaldone, Al Smaldone
  • Patent number: 10674847
    Abstract: A wall of material around the rim of a dinner plate, bowl, or drinking glass. A light emitter and battery are removably or integrally attached to the wall. The light emitter may emit different colored lighting from different circumferential sections of the wall toward food or drink in the dinnerware. A removable version of the wall may be C-shaped, with a circumferential groove on an inner surface of the wall that receives the rim of the dinnerware. Mirrors on the wall may reflect the light inward toward food in the dinnerware, and may direct some of the light across the gap in a C-shaped wall. The wall may be translucent or transparent, with the emitter and battery attached to an outer surface of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Maryann Lytle
  • Patent number: 10674848
    Abstract: A container comprising a body having an annular side wall on a base, an internal channel within the side wall, and a metal ring disposed within the channel. The container is a flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GoSili, Inc.
    Inventors: Anastacia Feeley, Giuliana Schwab
  • Patent number: 10674849
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical eating utensil which combines the capabilities of a fork, characterized by function for spearing the food and of a knife characterized by function for cutting the food and can be used by handicapped and people with decreased functional ability of one of their upper limbs. The eating utensil consists of a handle and an instrument end with one or more rotating cutting tines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Ivaylo Iliev
  • Patent number: 10674850
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system comprises a mat body characterized by a front side, a back side and a thickness; a plurality of anchors, each anchor comprising an anchor block having an aperture characterized by an aperture diameter, a suction cup having a sealing surface and an outer surface, and a stem that is coaxial with the suction cup and connects the suction cup to the anchor block. Each anchor may be disposed through the thickness, such that its anchor block is on the front side and its suction cup extends from the back side. The system may further comprise an elongated tether that is removably coupleable to one of the plurality of anchors, and the elongated tether may comprise an anchor end having a generally spherical anchor terminus characterized by an anchor diameter that is greater than the aperture diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Busy Baby LLC
    Inventors: Beth Fynbo, Aaron Nelson, Edward Packer
  • Patent number: 10674851
    Abstract: The microwave bacon cooker is a cooking vessel. The microwave bacon cooker is configured for use with a microwave oven. The microwave bacon cooker is configured for use with bacon. The microwave bacon cooker contains the bacon while the bacon cooks in the microwave oven. The microwave bacon cooker comprises a tray, a foraminous cooking surface and a lid. The lid attaches to the tray. The foraminous cooking surface is contained within the structure formed by the lid and the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: David Haight
  • Patent number: 10674852
    Abstract: An axially collapsible cooking vessel comprises a flexible body having plural circumferentially extending reduced thickness areas spacedly arrayed between an upper peripheral edge and a bottom edge that provide for nested folding of the flexible body axially inwardly and downwardly upon itself; a heat conductive base that is interconnected with a bottom peripheral edge of the flexible body in a fluid tight engagement therewith; a heatsink structurally interconnected to a bottom surface of the heat conductive base, the heatsink having an annular shaped radiator and a circumferentially extending shield extending about the annular shaped radiator; and a removable lid releasable engageable with a top opening defined by the flexible body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GSI Outdoors, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Gauss, Steven Richard Motzkus
  • Patent number: 10674853
    Abstract: A cooking device includes a base, a housing, partition walls, a lid, a control module, an exhaust module, a connecting electrode and a heating module. The exhaust module includes an air-filled element, an air-extraction element, an inlet passage and an exhaust passage. The air-extraction element is used to exhaust fog or oil fume generated in the plurality of inner pots. The connecting electrode is arranged in a middle position of the base. The heating module includes: bottom heating units disposed different locations inside a storage compartment of the housing respectively and connected with the processor individually; second heating units arranged on the partition walls and connected with the connecting electrode by wires inside the partition walls; and third heating units arranged on the inner wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ZEZHI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICE
    Inventor: Zhonghui Huang
  • Patent number: 10674854
    Abstract: A cooking device includes a base, a housing, a lid, a control module, a heating module and an exhaust module. The heating module includes bottom heating units disposed at different locations inside a storage compartment of the housing. The exhaust module includes an air-filled element, an air-extraction element, an inlet passage, and an exhaust passage used to exhaust fog or oil flume generated in an inner pot(s). An inner surface of the lid is provided with multiple first sealing units, a second sealing unit and a third sealing unit. The third sealing unit is arranged corresponding to an opening of the storage compartment. The second sealing unit is connected with the third sealing unit to divide a region surrounded by the third sealing unit into sub-regions with different sizes. The first sealing units are arranged corresponding to the bottom heating units and in the sub-regions with different amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ZEZHI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICE
    Inventor: Zhonghui Huang
  • Patent number: 10674855
    Abstract: A food preparation device or system which utilizes pre-packaged food containers to prepare a food item for consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Serenete Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse Austin Rosalia, Haidee Chen
  • Patent number: 10674856
    Abstract: Coffee makers with features for rapid and/or multiple extraction processes, and associated systems and methods, are shown. A representative method for brewing coffee includes placing ground coffee on a filter element of a brew chamber, directing heated water into the brew chamber and in contact with the ground coffee and, during a first phase, brewing coffee in the brew chamber without subjecting the coffee to a pressure differential of at least 150 torr between the brew chamber and a coffee chamber to which the brew chamber is coupled, the coffee chamber having a capacity of 200 mL or more. The representative method further includes, during a second phase, extracting the coffee from the brew chamber through the filter element and into the coffee chamber via a pressure differential of at least 150 torr between the brew chamber and the coffee chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Voga Coffee, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Lewis Avins, Eli Salomon
  • Patent number: 10674857
    Abstract: A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LifeFuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lyons, Jonathon Perrelli, Robert Lawson-Shanks, Abraham Maclean, Connor Bacon, James Christopher Small, Jesse John Horne, Simon Lewis Bilton, Matthew James Edwards, Andrew Gordon Wallace, Maxim D. Wheatley, David J. Wheatley, Todd Metlen
  • Patent number: 10674858
    Abstract: A pour-over beverage system is disclosed. The pour-over beverage system includes a double walled vacuum sealed cup feature or pour-over reservoir for holding a steeped beverage and a flow control mechanism or flow control insert attached to a bottom portion of the double walled vacuum sealed cup feature or pour-over reservoir for dispensed the steeped beverage. The system also preferably includes a double walled vacuum sealed capturing vessel or capturing reservoir for capturing the steeped beverage dispensed through the control mechanism or flow control insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: FELLOW INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventor: Jake Miller
  • Patent number: 10674859
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for preventing the blocking of the brew group, the filter holder or the coffee filter (8) in coffee machines when using fully softened water for the preparation of coffee. According to the invention, it is proposed to avoid the blocking of the machine by metering calcium and magnesium ions to the fully softened water. According to the invention this is achieved in that a device with a bag or reservoir (4) containing the calcium and magnesium ion containing solution, is positioned in a cartridge (3), which is arranged in the water tank of the coffee machine. The bag is in contact with the fully softened water via a capillary (5), which is closed with a check valve (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ICon GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Monique Bissen
  • Patent number: 10674860
    Abstract: A brew module for use with a refrigerator appliance is provided. The brew module includes a brewing body and a pivotally attached lid that together define a brew chamber configured to receive a brew pod. A lower needle is positioned at the bottom of the brew chamber and an upper needle is slidably received within the lid. Pivoting the lid to the closed position forces the lower needle to pierce the brew pod first, thereby relieving any built up pressure. Thereafter, a moving water supply tube drives the upper needle downward to pierce a top cover of the brew pod along a substantially vertical direction, thus minimizing the size of the pierced hole in the top cover. The brew module thus facilitates an improved seal with the brew pod, reduces the risk of clogging the upper needle, and prevents the ejection of brew pod contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Benjamin Miller, Christopher Francis Bird
  • Patent number: 10674861
    Abstract: System for preparing beverage consumptions comprising a beverage preparation device, and at least one exchangeable supply pack. The beverage preparation device comprises a mixing chamber having a beverage outlet, liquid supply means including a liquid flow path for supplying a liquid to the mixing chamber; air supply means for supplying air to the liquid flow path, and a drive shaft. The at least one exchangeable supply pack includes a container for holding a beverage related ingredient, and a doser arranged for supplying the beverage related ingredient in a dosed manner. The exchangeable pack and the device are mechanically connectable. When connected the doser is in fluid communication with the mixing chamber and the drive shaft is arranged for transmitting torque to the doser, such that when activated, beverage related ingredient is supplied from the outlet of the doser into the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventors: Koen Standaar, Hendrik Johan Dees, Mathias Antonius Fransiscus Rutten, Bram Klabbers
  • Patent number: 10674862
    Abstract: A coffee brewing apparatus which can prepare either hot or cold coffee extract having a filter body (8) and two reservoirs (14a and 14b). The filter body 8 is a hollow cylinder with male threaded ends (10a and 10b). A mesh filter (12) is affixed to interior of the filter body (8). Two self-supporting reservoirs (14a and 14b) have female threads (16a and 16b) near their ends. Coffee grounds (18) and either hot or cold water (20) are added to one of the reservoirs. The apparatus is then assembled by joining the cylinder's male threaded ends (10a and 10b) to both reservoirs' female threaded ends. The assembled apparatus is then allowed to sit for a period of time, while coffee flavors are extracted into the water. The entire apparatus is then inverted, the mesh filter (12) removes the coffee grounds from the coffee extract (22), and the coffee extract is collected in the now lower reservoir (14a). The apparatus is disassembled for consumption of the extract, and is cleaned and reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Theodore Paul Johnson
  • Patent number: 10674863
    Abstract: A beverage dispenser for dispensing either a hot or cold beverage, for example tea, from a common mixing chamber and a method for making and/or operating the same is disclosed. The dispense has a source of hot water, usually a heater, and a source of water, a refrigeration system to cool the water and one or more sources of flavor. The hot or cold water, or both can be provided to the common or same, mixing chamber and mixed assisted with a static and/or dynamic mixer and then dispensed. The last portion of the water is used to rinse for the next beverage. Flavor or syrup pump current is sensed to provide the appropriate amount of flavor concentrate to a known quantity of water to form a beverage of appropriate strength or syrup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott E. Sevcik, David K. Njaastad, Andrew J. Tobler, Vincenzo DiFatta, Daniel Prochaska, Fernando Sanchez, Dusan N. Ivancevic, Kurt F. Zoellick, Bogdan M. Gheorghe
  • Patent number: 10674864
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a cooking device which provides even heat to a food item both inside and out. In one example, a system may include a ceramic cooking device comprising a body coupled to a tubular neck which functions as a heat absorber and refilling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Slavisa Trtic
  • Patent number: 10674865
    Abstract: Method, machine and boiler for the preparation of beverages, in particular infusions such as coffee or tea; wherein the boiler has a central tank which delimits a superheating area for a liquid and an outer tank positioned around the central tank so as to delimit a heating area for the liquid and to allow the heating of the liquid in the heating area by means of the heat generated in the superheating area; the heating area having a first outlet for supplying hot liquid, the superheating area having a second outlet for the supply of steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Eurek S.R.L.
    Inventors: Paolo Gamberini, Daniele Pasqui, Maurizio Zaccherini
  • Patent number: 10674866
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to smoking food in an outdoor grill using a customized smoking routine. In one scenario, an electronic controller of an outdoor grill receives an input to initiate smoke generation according to a specified smoke generation pattern, including: adding a specified amount of combustible pellets to a combustion area within the outdoor grill, such that the combustible pellets begin to burn, measuring a current internal temperature of the outdoor grill and, if below a threshold value, adding a specified amount of additional combustible pellets to the combustion area sufficient to raise the temperature to another threshold value, allowing the internal temperature to cool a temperature below the first threshold value and, upon determining that the temperature of the outdoor grill has cooled below the first specified threshold value, adding additional combustible pellets to the combustion area sufficient to raise the temperature to at least the second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Traeger Pellet Grills LLC
    Inventor: Michael Colston
  • Patent number: 10674867
    Abstract: A foldable container for use in microwave ovens that comprises a first section that defines a hollow volume; with the first section closed by a second folded section that is adapted to unfold automatically between a folded configuration in a flower pattern and an expanded configuration, providing an open upper base to the unfolded container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Dode S.A
    Inventors: Salvador Montagut Sala, Jordi Campa Anfruns
  • Patent number: 10674868
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A lid is movable relative to the housing. The lid contacts the housing in a closed position about the upper portion of the housing to close the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with at least one of said housing and said lid. The cooking system is operable in a plurality of cooking modes including a pressure cooking mode and a dry cooking mode. In the pressure cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a pressure cooker and in the dry cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a dry cooker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Gill, Ross Richardson, Naomi Kalia Williams Zabel, Da Deng, Mete Gursel, Andrew John Roy Tattersfield, Niall Christopher Denham, Roger Neil Jackson, Ronan Patrick Leahy, Evan James White, Thomas Guerin, Chris Martin, Nathaniel R. Lavins, Mackenzie Lee Swanhart, Samuel Andrew Ferguson, Scott James Stewart
  • Patent number: 10674869
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus includes, but is not limited to, a bottom surface that lies at the bottom of a perimeter wall and having one or more stands operable to support a cooking plate, the perimeter wall having an angled edge; an electric heating element that can be interchangeably positioned on the one or more stands; a gas heating element that can be interchangeably positioned on the one or more stands; a cooking plate that is operable to seat on the base above the electric or gas heating element, is detachable from the base, and has an angled edge portion complimentary to that of the perimeter wall; a lid that is operable to rest over the cooking plate and extends beyond the perimeter edge of the cooking plate but completely covers the plate and allows for condensation to drip outside of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Zekarias K. Tesfagaber
  • Patent number: 10674870
    Abstract: A food chilling device includes a container body defining a container interior volume configured to contain foodstuff, a lid configured to cover the container interior volume, at least one compartment pivotally coupled to the container body and defining a compartment interior volume configured to contain additional foodstuff, and a refrigeration system coupled to the container body and configured to cool the foodstuff contained within the container interior volume and the additional foodstuff contained within the compartment interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Dana Joseph
  • Patent number: 10674871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a food processing device, comprising a base plate provided with a first pivot and a second pivot, a processing element provided on the base plate, and an arm assembly pivotably coupled to the base plate. The arm assembly comprises a first arm and a second arm pivotally coupled to each other, each of the two arms being pivotally coupled to the base plate, whereby the first arm and the second arm form together a compound lever mechanism. A force applied by an operator onto the second arm increases as an output by the second arm, and the increasing force is conveyed to the first arm so that the food processing device is operated faster and easier, without making the operator more fatigued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: KING'S FLAIR MARKETING LIMITED
    Inventor: Siu Wah Wong
  • Patent number: 10674872
    Abstract: A hand mixer has a detection mechanism for discriminating between beaters and other rotating accessories. The operation of the mixer may be altered depending on the type of accessory that is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BREVILLE PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Hoare, Garth Ryan
  • Patent number: 10674873
    Abstract: A cooking appliance for processing food, more specifically a cooking appliance of the type that include a body housing an electric motor, a shaft for actuating a processing tool, and an integral handle, the various processing tools being coupled to the body by means of an arm that comprises an implement, such as a grinding, whisking or mixing implement, where the operating control of the appliance (on, off, rotating speed of the implement, etc.) is carried out by means of a sensor system that can detect a characteristic or predetermined movement performed on the appliance and can interpret said movement as an operating instruction, for example, turning the implement on, turning it off, and establishing and controlling the rotating speed thereof, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SAMMIC, S.L.
    Inventors: Aitor Gogorza Segurola, Chao Chen
  • Patent number: 10674874
    Abstract: A shower caddy is disclosed. The shower caddy includes a first foldable cover, attached to a back cover via a first spine, the first spine defined by a first set of vertical fold lines, a second foldable cover, attached to the back cover via a second spine, the second spine defined by a second set of vertical fold lines, wherein the back cover includes a generally rectangularly-shaped surface having a mirror, and at least one light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph Guidarelli
  • Patent number: 10674875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover assembly that is attachable to a bathtub to reduce water spilling to areas outside the bathtub. In one embodiment, the cover assembly comprises a protective section and a flexible extended segment. The protective section comprises at least a front structure configured to help provide protection to an individual from physical impacts against the bathtub. The flexible extended segment is disposed adjacent the protective section and comprises a first surface and a second surface. The flexible extended segment is disposable into and out of an expanded orientation and a constricted orientation. The protective section and the flexible extended segment are collectively disposable into and out of an operative orientation and an inoperative orientation. The operative orientation comprises the flexible extended segment being disposed in the constricted orientation and attached to at least a portion of an inner surface of the bathtub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Benjamin Spaulding
  • Patent number: 10674876
    Abstract: An inventive dispenser for storing and dispensing hygiene products is disclosed. The dispenser includes, in a closed state, a rear wall, two opposite side walls, a front wall, and an upper wall. The dispenser further includes a dispensing opening and an openable cover that may be opened for refill of the dispenser. At least one wall of the dispenser includes a support structure made at least mainly of plastic material. An outer thin metal sheet is laminated to an exterior surface of the support structure, and the surface of the metal sheet includes a curved surface in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Björn Larsson, Peter Orgna
  • Patent number: 10674877
    Abstract: The back scrubber is a hygienic device. The back scrubber is adapted for use with a person. The back scrubber is configured for use in bathing. The back scrubber is configured for use with soap. The back scrubber extends the reach of the person such that soap may be applied to otherwise inaccessible locations of the person. The back scrubber comprises a head, a handle, and a control system. The control system is installed in the handle. The head attaches to the handle. The head contains the soap. The handle extends the reach of the person. The control system adjusts the overall length of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Cassandra Smith
  • Patent number: 10674878
    Abstract: A paper roll cover includes a cover member, a left side wall having a plurality of apertures peripherally around a central large aperture, a right side wall having a plurality of apertures peripherally around a central large aperture, and where the left side wall is arranged and configured to reside on a left side of the cover member and the right side wall is arranged and configured to reside a right side of the cover member. In some embodiments, the plurality of apertures in the right side wall or the left side wall are configured to fit pegs to adjust the paper cover roll to brackets mounted on a wall and alternatively to a stand alone paper roll stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Rollmate LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Kaweblum, Adam Bender